Omega-3 and Alaska Salmon

Omega-3 Fats are Healthy

Alaska Salmon is rich in Omega-3 oils. Scientists have known for years that Omega-3 offers heart-healthy benefits, including:

* Helping to decrease blood lipids (cholesterol, LDL's, and triglycerides)
* Reducing blood clotting factors
* Increasing relaxation in larger arteries and blood vessels
* Decreasing the inflammatory processes in blood vessels

Additionally, the Omega-3 oils found in certain types of seafood, including Alaska Salmon, have been linked to improvements in or prevention of certain kinds of cancer, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, arthritis, asthma, certain kinds of mental illness, depression and lupus.

Sources of Omega-3

The preferred choice for Omega-3 consumption is from eating seafood because the fat is better absorbed by the body and it comes with many other nutrients. Many modern diets aren't high enough in Omega-3 oils to realize optimum health benefits. That's why various types of seafood should be included in weekly diets.

Regular seafood meals could include salmon, which is particularly high in these "good fats." In addition, Sockeye salmon has the highest amount of Omega-3 of any fish with approximately 2.7 grams per 100-gram portion. Therefore, just one serving of Alaska Salmon per week can help to lower cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.

How often should Omega-3 fats be consumed?

Studies have shown that including seafood in the diet two to four times a week can improve health. Why not start today with one of the five species of Alaska salmon - King, Sockeye, Coho, Chum or Pink? They are certainly long-time favorites for those searching for Omega-3 content in foods.

Convenient Sources for Seafood

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Fun Salmon Facts

• Average salmon boat is 37 ft. long
• 50% of U.S. Seafood production is produced in Alaska
• State Fish: King salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• King salmon weighing up to 100 lbs. have been caught in Alaska
• State Marine Mammal: Bowhead whale
• State Sport: Dog Mushing
• Alaska is the only state to have coastlines on three different seas: Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.
• Alaska has 34,000 miles of coastline!
• Alaska has 3 million lakes
• Alaska has 29 volcanoes
• Alaska is home to North America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley (known to the locals as Denali) which is 20,320-feet tall located in the Alaska Range.
• Barrow Alaska is the most northerly community in the U.S.
• The name of Alaska comes from the Aleut work Alyeska, meaning The Great Land.
• Alaska Nick Names include The last frontier, Land of the Midnight Sun
• The Alaska state flag was designed by Benny Benson at age 13
• Juneau, Alaska is the only capital in the United States accessible only by boat or plane.
• The US purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,00 (about 2 cents an acre) and made it the union's 49th state on January 3, 1959.
•  Alaska is the largest state in the union, covering 570,373 square miles, approximately one fifth of the entire United States. Alaska is so large that it is twice the size of Texas and the state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.
• The population of Alaska is only 626,932 and compared to the population of bears in Alaska, there is 1 bear for every 21 people.
• There are more active glaciers and ice fields in Alaska than in the rest of the inhabited world.
• The largest glacier is Malaspina at 805 square miles.
• The Arctic Circle is an imaginary circle around the globe where on December 21 the sun never rises for twenty-four hours and on June 21 for twenty-four hours it never sets.
• Giant vegetables are common in Alaska due to the extremely long days in summer. Alaska has grown a record cabbage weighing in at 94 pounds.

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